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Helping Parents Deal With Children's Acute Disciplinary Problems Without Escalation: The Principle of Nonviolent Resistance *
Author(s) -
Omer Haim
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2001.4010100053.x
Subject(s) - hostility , psychology , extant taxon , intervention (counseling) , reciprocal , neglect , resistance (ecology) , developmental psychology , de escalation , discipline , social psychology , psychotherapist , psychiatry , political science , law , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , evolutionary biology , biology
There are two kinds of escalation between parents and children with acute discipline problems: (a) complementary escalation, in which parental giving‐in leads to a progressive increase in the child's demands, and (b) reciprocal escalation, in which hostility begets hostility. Extant programs for helping parents deal with children with such problems focus mainly on one kind of escalation to the neglect of the other. The systematic use of Gandhi's principle of “nonviolent resistance” allows for a parental attitude that counters both kinds of escalation. An intervention is described, which allows parents to put this principle into practice.